Tuesday, August 30, 2011

One of the benefits of using DailyMile is finding good links to excellent running-related information (thanks, Run Janet!) I am not a physician, and relate the following only as it has been helpful to myself and I believe the information to be sound. The following video is a bit long at an hour in length, but is well worth the time as Stanford University's School of Medicine's Michael Fredericson, M.D. provides a tremendous amount of good advice regarding the prevention and treatment of running injuries.

I recently developed a minor hamstring sprain, and in researching self-treatment options I found two good sources of information, which has allowed me to recover quickly:

I have suffered Achilles Tendonitis/Tendinopathy in the past, and after trying a number of mildly helpful - but non-curative - stretches found
progressively weighted eccentric stretches of the injured leg to cure me of the condition.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The following lists my running music playlist that I've listened to for many years, with only a few recent additions. To assure variety I leave my iPod in random 'shuffle' mode during my races and workouts, but if running with a friend leave the iPod at home since I prefer conversation. Besides enjoying music while running (despite debate about its benefits) I also enjoy listening to action-packed audiobooks and running-oriented podcasts.

Above & Beyond
Can't Sleep
Aerosmith
Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Alice Cooper
School's Out
Alice Deejay vs. Timbaland
Better Off The Way I Are
The All-American Rejects
Move Along
Angelmoon
Hes All I Want
AR Rahman
Mausam & Escape
ATB
9PM
Ayla
Ayla Part 2
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Takin' Care of Business
Baha Men
Who Let the Dogs Out
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Steal My Kisses
Benny Benassi & The Biz
Satisfaction
Bill Conti
Going the Distance
The Black Eyed Peas
Boom Boom Pow
Rock That Body
Meet Me Halfway
Imma Be
I Gotta Feeling
Alive
Party All the Time
Rockin' to the Beat
Where Is the Love?
Let's Get It Started
Blue Öyster Cult
Godzilla
Bon Jovi
Livin' on a Prayer
Brainbug
Rain
Britney Spears
I Got That
The Cars
Just What I Needed
My Best Friend's Girl
Good Times Roll
You're All I've Got Tonight
Shake It Up
You Might Think
Magic
Cascada
Everytime We Touch
The Commodores
Brick House
Daft Punk
One More Time
Danny Elfman
The Little Things
Darude
I Ran
Sandstorm
Delerium
Angelicus
Underwater
Silence
Serenity
Angelicus
After All
District 78
Game On Symphonic Mix - Single
Game On Symphonic Mix Dance Edit
DJ ENCORE
I See Right Through to You
The Doobie Brothers
Long Train Runnin'
Duran Duran
Hungry Like the Wolf
Eiffel 65
Dub in Life
Living in a Bubble
Move Your Body
My Console
The Edge
Silicon World
Europop
Blue
Elvis Costello
Pump It Up
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2
Emf
Unbelievable
Eminem
Lose Yourself
T.N.T
Sadness
Silence Must Be Heard
Dancing With Mephisto
Message from Io
Eppur Si Muove
Voyageur
Incognito
Eric Prydz
Call On Me
Evanescence
Weight Of The World
All That I'm Living For
Faithless
Insomnia
Fiori
If I
Foreigner
Cold As Ice
Double Vision
Hot Blooded
Juke Box Hero
Urgent
Feels Like the First Time
Genesis
Down and Out
Ballad of Big
Invisible Touch
Tonight Tonight Tonight
Mama
That's All
Home By The Sea
Abacab
Turn It On Again
Behind The Lines
Misunderstanding
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Counting Out Time
Firth Of Fifth
I Know What I Like
Dance On a Volcano
Squonk
Robbery, Assault and Battery
All In a Mouse's Night
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Bad to the Bone
Global Deejays
Everybody's Free
Haddaway
What Is Love
Heart
Barracuda
Straight On
Magic Man
House Of Pain
Jump Around
The Human League
Don't You Want Me
Hypertrophy
Beautiful Day
Ian Van Dahl & Marsha
Castles In The Sky
Jackson Browne
Running On Empty
James Durbin
Uprising
Jay-Z / Linkin Park
Numb/Encore
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Purple Haze
All Along the Watchtower
Jonathan Peters' Presents Luminaire
Flower Duet
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
Kansas
Carry On Wayward Son
Kanye West
Stronger
Kenny Loggins
Footloose
Led Zeppelin
Fool In the Rain
Whole Lotta Love
Ramble On
Black Dog
Kashmir
Lenny Kravitz
Where Are We Runnin'?
Linkin Park
Breaking The Habit
Numb
Lionel Richie
Hello
Lustral
Everytime
Maroon 5
Harder to Breathe
Miss Jane It's
A Fine Day
Missy Elliott
Get Ur Freak On
Motorcycle
As the Rush Comes
N.R.C.
Here Comes the Rain Again
Nalin & Kane
Beachball
Natasja & Enur
Calabria 2007
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Oakenfold
Ready, Steady, Go
Olive
Youre Not Alone
Panic! At The Disco
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Pat Benatar
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Love Is a Battlefield
Pink Floyd
Time
Money
Run Like Hell
Have A Cigar
The Police
Roxanne
Message In A Bottle
Postal Service
Such Great Heights
The Prodigy
Mindfields
Propellerheads
Spybreak
Quad City DJ's
Space Jam
Queen
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
Another One Bites The Dust
Rage Against The Machine
Wake Up
Ramin Djawadi
Driving With the Top Down
Merchant of Death
Rob Dougan
Clubbed To Death
Robert Miles
Children
Robin Fox
I See Stars
The Rolling Stones
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Gimme Shelter
Shiny Toy Guns
Le Disko
SkinnySongs
Thin!
Steppenwolf
Magic Carpet Ride
Story of the Year
Until the Day I Die
Styx
Too Much Time On My Hands
Renegade
Technotronic
Pump Up the Jam
Timbaland
Apologize
Tom Petty Runnin'
Down a Dream
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Wizards In Winter
Triumvirat
The Walls of Doom
U2
Vertigo
Where the Streets Have No Name
Ulrich Schnauss
Knuddelmaus
...Passing By
Usher
Yeah!
Vangelis
Chariots Of Fire
Weird Al Yankovic
White & Nerdy
Yes
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Zombie Nation
Kernkraft 400
3 Doors Down
Kryptonite
4 Strings
Take Me Away

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Having just returned from a two week trip to Chicago I was energized and encouraged to see my running pace, energy and stamina all at levels which I haven't seen in months! Of course the explanation is the comparatively cool Chicago weather conditions versus hot and humid Houston. Since I'm training for the Chicago Marathon this discovery was highly motivating both via confirming my fitness levels and providing tangible encouragement that by October we will hopefully see good marathon weather conditions in the Windy City.

Additionally, following last weekend's announcement of the tragedy in Afghanistan involving the death of thirty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, I joined a Daily Mile challenge to provide tribute to those brave Americans by running thirty miles. While competing in this challenge my mind was inexorably focused on the bravery and incredible sacrifice of these men, whose helicopter was shot while attempting to rescue other service men under attack by the Taliban. Without intending to do so I found it impossible to take my normal water breaks every three miles, and ran the entire ten mile distance non-stop with an increasing pace every succeeding mile. Through participation in this challenge, and reflection on the sacrifices and bravery of others the power of the mind to help accomplish feats otherwise unimaginable became clear.

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